2 men charged under state hate-crime law

Published 10:00 pm, Tuesday, May 9, 2006

Two 19-year-old men accused of beating a younger black teen in Ballard after one called him by a racial slur now face charges of malicious harassment under the state's law against hate crimes.

Police say Cory Stewart and Colin Kelly attacked the 14- year-old, a Whitman Middle School eighth-grader, after Stewart made more than one racial remark about him April 28. Kelly also was charged Tuesday with fourth-degree assault for allegedly hitting another eighth-grader who tried to intervene.

The confrontation began when Stewart made lewd comments to some of the teen's female friends and the teen asked him to leave them alone, according to court documents.

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"This was an unprovoked attack on a 14-year-old," King County Prosecutor Norm Maleng said. "Our malicious-harassment law is designed for this type of incident, and hate crimes will not be tolerated in our community."

If convicted, Stewart and Kelly could face three to nine months in jail.